Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-03

mans OF our brethren in the North, bnf.
rfmtmh6ring the avocatlOn asd prlfrs-
.ion OF the gifted SPEAKER, W. he n IN hi
tones The voice OF the great American
Press that power plshtI,r than asmies
aud pavies, misbtier than the sword. aud
sceDlres Of kinRs-oB wrose supooftine
Sfm the Goddess OF Liberty lean., add
whose dsily uttoIanc,s proeiaini l1at pease,
friendship, and love once more bind the
American people With golden bind. Of TO-
di,sGluble ana perpetual uaion; the prcss.
whose thousand tongues none eaa silence,
whose champions
"Ail unbrbed at Freedoms altar stand
Faithful and lim, bright warders Of the
land
Yes, my countrymen, the press and the
brave md g,pfrous soldiers Of our Ind
have brought tbs night and these scenes 60
lass. Al ioBor and love TO both.
We crme o. the Survivors o. great bat
te, which illustrated the greatness snd
glery of lie American peopl~, and droppiog
The cUrt5in over Tie past, we bsil you a. our
hrotbs r. ard sisltTs with all that love and
Wide Which must ever thrill The hearts Of
al good aud true citizens Of continent %
free Comm onwealtbe.
No more does that spirit animate Us
which once hurried our bOde. against those
imp'tgpablc heights-thank God, no more
iOr' yer. We have come forth from the
baptism Of blood and fire Ia which we
were consumed a. the representatives, Of a
New Soutf, and We have long years ago
ceased IN tear in our hearts any reSiduum
ol tic feelings born u the cOnflict. Did an
nnmaniy feeling finger IN our bOSoms we
woulO nOt he here 10 DAY 10 grasp tie hands
~ those who have met us With brothers
greeting and a brothers love.
TOMB or SECESSION.
Above the ashes left by the war and over
tie tomb OF secession aud African slavery
Sc have created new empire, and have
luilt temple 20 American liberty IN which
you and eau worship together, and over II
@e have run up the Star .>paDgled banner,
ard we cline 10 IL with all that ancient love
ahich should ever dwell In the hearts of The
men NJ d women from the lands OF George
Washins ton and William Penn.
utter 1t as sentiment that comes
gtliing up from every bosom of VIZ.
gipia snd tie South that The min
Wbo would rekindle again that feeling
which flied our land with death and tears
ard grI,f and mourning, with graves and
.uG, ring, is not only unworthy Of the high
title OF American citizen, but even Of that
d human being, and should find no home
or friends on earth or In Heaven. Let no
politicisn. Tor selfish and unworthy pur-
oses, fan the dead embers OF fratricldal
strife. but let the great warm and generous
heart Of our nation, With the thrOb OF tbr
ocean, as il moved by all the tempests OF
Gods whole uBiyerse, speak its thund, red
condemnation Of any Effort so vile.
wicked. and unworthy. No such lessons
are taught 10 me by the lives or
deeds OF Lincoln or Grant, or come
TO us ~ echoes from their sacred tOmbs.
Aud, oh ! NV counirymen, what n calamity
was It for the South when the aSslSsln's
bullet struck down Abraham Lincoln! In
The MIDST OF all the bloody tempest he still
bad soft place in his great heart for Us.
And now that the storm has passed and
passion has subsidized, who Of The South d)es
not love and revere his memory, and the
n, m0ry OF the great captlin who was Kind
and magnanimOus in the hour OF victory at
AppOmMtOX; who SAID to Lee: "Lrt your
non take their horses home to max
bread -; who, when be bad triumphed.S Iil:
Let Us have peace" and, who, ~ his az
ing hour, declared that the greatest happf
ness be felt was TO see the good feeling
sprnging up between North and South.
day but who feels as IL he would like 70
sand at the tonibs Of Lincoln and Grant,
10 Plant flower there and to water It with
manly tear. In the presence OF afetling
like This, too sacred and deep for ulterance
what n alters II who shall keep the battle
iags? They passed INTO your hands Ia rrlye
and manly combat, untouched by dishOn0r.
after a baptism in blood that made The
gray ilcket a mantle OF glory, and we are
~ wiling your people should keep then ~
ouis. They are in the hands OF our Gov
eminent and brethren, to whom our honor
should be A. dear as TIER own. Never agas
will our old batlle.flags wave in strife
They have gone down forever. but they
went down IN glory and in honor. Tne'
are dead, and we love and follow alone no"
the living flag which floats from Key We.i
10 Behring Straits, from Bunker Hall to
san Francisco,
nANNEn or oUK COUNTRY.
As we look at the banner OF our country
floating yonder we only remember Jnh
since the birth Of our nation it has been the
emblem OF liberty and the refuge OF the op
messed: that southern and northern men
bore II in triumph from Saratoga to YORK.
town, from Lundy's Lane TO New Orleans.
and that as united brethren we floited II
over the walls Of Tripoli and the halls oil
The Monttz,mas. We forget that 1t va,
ever borne against Us. and u we see around
Us The men OF the North who have come
down South aud made our hoDes their
homes and our people their people We
hail to-day and hencc'nrth all Alnerl
cans cveTywhe,e as brothers and calm
that orr home and kindred extend from
sturdy Maine and be grand old Bay State.
10 whore the gcalle breeze slghs through
the orange grove, OF FLORIDA; from whefe
the Mississippi, the Father OF Wilers.
hcaVoS his mighty bosom, TO the ~ eat likes
from The great lakes 10 the PiciGc. whcr'
tle republican Colossus holds in his b..
numhed grasp the ictbcrgS OF me
Arctic, and there, 10 sight OF the
Continent OF A,ip, proclalms people
united for all time and great ~ all
the iriumpbs Of the Anslo-SiXon race.
Buried and sunk out Il sightioreyer be tn
hitttr memories Of the woes and CRIES ana
sorrows of The North and South. IL "ere
call them at all let 1t be in drama, poetry,
and song, as England remembers to-day
the War Of the Roses and the rlVli hpusc'
of York and Lanclster-a glorious and i'm
p, rshable record Of Nal0r aud rchowD,
written upon the highest rolls OF lime by
beth North and South, and cli'med r.
common privilege and Joint offering for aN
TINE TO come ~ The whole Amcri;u pe''
pie and thdil latest pos'erily.
DEEDS Of OUR WOMEN.
But while speaking OF the deels ana
clories OF our men. let not the deeds % on
women be fcrgOt'en. On, who can lei o.
her agony, suffering, aud scli-slcrit't I 1
see tb, m now lowering both in your hospi'
| tai. and ours like bright and beautiful an
yet, Of grace aud II Grey. ready to cp9du;t
| Tie departing spirits 10 Paradise. Mother,
daughter, sister, wife, sweetheart, lheN
fsnped the feyercd check, bathed the te'
yercd brow. hedewed with tseiT tears the
couch Of The diving heroes, waited their souls
10 Heaven with their signs and prayers and
nut flowers over their graves. And they
| could be a. brave o. the men, too, when II
was necessary. Why, The 5ravest wUmin
| | ever saw was 4 Pennsylvania girl, who
| dehod Pickett's whole dlvliion while we
marched through little town called Green
| castle. She had on a United States II ~
A. an apron, which she dcIantly waved M
and down Us our columns passed by her.
and dared Us 10 take II from her. Ana
there was not one man OF us who dared
| do so. struck by her courage and 10y
sliv, Pickett, with bat OF, gave her
A military salute. my regiment pre-
scnied arms, and we cbeered her with
goCd old fashioned rebel yell, which some
| ~ Won LO,s here have doubtless heard.
| GOD bless the true end brave little woman,
and she was rs lovely as she was brave.
Vould that she were here to-day that |
| might. IN admiration OF her pluck aud
| ruth. grasp the hand OF that splendid ana